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1. Jai Courtney Jai Courtney Actor, Divergent Born March 15, 1986 in Sydney, Australia, Courtney and his sister were raised in Sydney's leafy northwest suburbs, attending Galston Public School where their mother, Karen, was a teacher. His father, Chris, was a civil servant with the state electricity company, implying that there were no show business influences in the family when Jai caught the acting bug as a 10-year-old...
2. Kellan Lutz Kellan Lutz Actor, Twilight Actor and model Kellan Lutz was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, to Karla (Theesfeld) and Bradley Lutz. He has six brothers and a sister, and is of German, as well as smaller amounts of English, Swedish, and Dutch, descent. As a child, his family moved around, and he grew up in North Dakota, the Midwest and Arizona...
3. Eva Amurri Martino Eva Amurri Martino Actress, Saved!
4. Eva Longoria Eva Longoria Actress, Harsh Times Eva Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Ella Eva (Mireles) and Enrique Longoria, Jr. The youngest of four sisters who grew up on a ranch near Corpus Christi, Longoria attended Texas A&M; University-Kingsville, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. After graduating from college...
5. David Cronenberg David Cronenberg Director, The Fly David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father was a journalist, and his mother was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early age (he wrote and published eerie short stories, thus following his father's path) and for music (playing classical guitar until he was 12)...
6. Kim Raver Kim Raver Actress, Night at the Museum
7. Pollyanna McIntosh Pollyanna McIntosh Actress, The Woman Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland, where she first began performing, on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon became involved in indie filmmaking (her first paid gig was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House) and theatre...
8. Judd Hirsch Judd Hirsch Actor, Independence Day
9. Brian Tee Brian Tee Actor, The Wolverine Brian Tee is a Los Angeles native and mixture of multiple Asian descents. He was a star football captain at his Glen A. High School in Hacienda Heights, California. During high school he worked at Blackjack Pizza where fellow Hacienda resident Fergie AKA "Fergie" frequently visited. After completing his training in Dramatic Arts at the University of California in Berkeley...
10. Sean Biggerstaff Sean Biggerstaff Actor, Cashback Sean Biggerstaff was born to a firefighter and a community education worker. He joined a local drama group and he acted as "Augustus Gloop" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". After that, for six years, he joined the Scottish Youth Theatre. It was there he got his big break when Alan Rickman asked him be Tom in The Winter Guest...
11. Will.i.am Will.i.am Soundtrack, The Great Gatsby
12. Sean Bridgers Sean Bridgers Actor, Sweet Home Alabama
13. Caitlin Wachs Caitlin Wachs Actress, Thirteen Days
14. Greg Nicotero Greg Nicotero Make-Up Department, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Gifted SFX and make-up wizard, who learned his trade under the watchful eye of SFX splatter guru Tom Savini. Nicotero and buddies, Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman started KNB Efx Group in 1988 and the group has provided eye-popping & jaw dropping special effects for major Hollywood releases including The Green Mile, Vanilla Sky, Sin City and Land of the Dead.
15. Lawrence Tierney Lawrence Tierney Actor, Reservoir Dogs Legendary Hollywood "tough guy", on screen and off. Remembered as the title character in Dillinger and as the consummately brutal lover of Claire Trevor in Born to Kill. Notorious also for his frequent, well-publicized past involvements in public altercations - like barroom brawls - and other real-life manifestations of rowdiness...
16. Renny Harlin Renny Harlin Director, Die Hard 2 Born in 15 March 1959 as Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola, he is the most successful Finnish film director in the history of Hollywood. Harlin started his career in film business in the beginning of 1980s when he was directing commercials and company films for companies like Shell. Later he worked as a buyer for Finnish film distributor and met Finnish Markus Selin in Los Angeles...
17. Joaquim de Almeida Joaquim de Almeida Actor, Desperado Joaquim de Almeida was born in Lisbon,Portugal. Son of two pharmacists and the sixth of eight kids, Joaquim showed signs at an early age that his future lay not in the family business. At the age of eighteen, after attending the theater course at the Lisbon Conservatory for two years, he left Portugal...
18. Lisa Marcos Lisa Marcos Actress, Diary of a Mad Black Woman Born and raised in Toronto, Lisa Marcos began her modeling career when she was just 12 years old. Travelling for over 10 years as a model, Lisa decided to pursue her passion for acting. She knocked on the door of a talent agent. Soon after her acting career began in 2002 with a guest role on Soul Food.
19. Kidada Jones Kidada Jones Actress, Black & White Kidada Jones was raised in Bel Air, where her home was often frequented by celebrities like Michael Jackson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At an early age, Kidada battled an identity crisis. Her father is African-American and her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish. By the time she was 15 she had been kicked out of 11 schools...
20. Sosie Bacon Sosie Bacon Actress, Another Life
21. Mark McGrath Mark McGrath Self, Episode #2.16
22. Park Overall Park Overall Actress, Kindergarten Cop Originally from Greeneville, Tennessee, Parker Overall toured East Tennessee with a children's theater group before heading to New York and a career on the professional stage. Numerous off-off-Broadway productions of such plays as "The Seagull" and "The Skin of Our Teeth" preceded her performance as "Becky Lou" in the Hartford Stage Company's production of Sam Shepard's "The Tooth of Crime"...
23. Fabio Fabio Actor, Zoolander
24. J. Pat O'Malley J. Pat O'Malley Actor, 101 Dalmatians J. Pat had a warm smile, twinkling eyes, and an Irish name. He was born in Burnley, England, and began his acting career in British musical halls. J. Pat came to the USA at the outbreak of World War II, and his film debut was Lassie Come Home. He also worked on the Broadway stage during the 1940s and 1950s...
25. Robyn Malcolm Robyn Malcolm Actress, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
26. Naomi Foner Naomi Foner Producer, Running on Empty
27. Craig Wasson Craig Wasson Actor, One Life to Live
28. Renoly Santiago Renoly Santiago Actor, Con Air Renoly Santiago was born in Lajas, Puerto Rico and he spent his childhood in Union City, New Jersey. Before establishing himself as an accomplished entertainer, Renoly started singing, acting, dancing and writing early on, following his calling while very young; earning a dance scholarship to the Ballet Hispanico and a place at The Professional Children's School in New York...
29. Chris Bruno Chris Bruno Actor, Another World Christopher Malcolm Bruno was born in New Haven Connecticut. He grew up in the small town of Milford with his mother but spent a substantial amount of time with his father on Manhattan's Upper West Side of New York City. Surrounded by the allure of New York and all its offerings, Chris developed an appreciation for the arts but had no intention of pursuing it as a career...
30. Lisa Langlois Lisa Langlois Actress, Class of 1984
31. David Silverman David Silverman Miscellaneous Crew, Monsters, Inc.
32. John Duttine John Duttine Actor, This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper Like the character he played in To Serve Them All My Days, John Duttine hails from a mining town, but in Yorkshire rather than Wales. He, too, attended state schools rather than upper-class public (the equivalent of American private) schools. When he realized in his teens that "acting was the only thing I did well," he switched to drama...
33. Dee Snider Dee Snider Self, Private Parts
34. Walter Gotell Walter Gotell Actor, One Life to Live
35. Abhay Deol Abhay Deol Actor, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Abhay Deol (born in 1976, India) is an Indian film actor. He is the nephew of famous veteran actor Dharmendra and cousin of actors Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol and actress Esha Deol. After graduating from Mumbai University, Abhay headed to Los Angeles and studied Fine Arts. After completing a two year acting course...
36. Bret Michaels Bret Michaels Self, High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row)
37. Bonnie-Jill Laflin Bonnie-Jill Laflin Self, NFL Cheerleader Playoffs Bonnie-Jill Laflin is the first and only female NBA scout for the Los Angeles Lakers, and has been awarded a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers and five NBA championship rings, including her time as a cheerleader for the world famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Laflin has traveled to Afghanistan and Iraq for Goodwill and USO tours-with 18 tours under her belt...
38. Anne Bedian Anne Bedian Actress, The Taking of Deborah Logan Born in Montreal, Quebec Joined the Canadian Armed Forces at the age of 17. Served 3 years in the Navy. Attended Concordia University majoring in Accountancy. First "big break" came after she auditioned for Rusell Mulcahy for a guest appearance on The Hunger.
39. Emily Dunn Emily Dunn Actress, Napoleon Dynamite Emily grew up in Utah, the youngest of six children. She has always been involved in the arts. She began dancing at age three, drawing at age 4, singing and acting at age 8...anything to do with art, she loved! She started studying ballroom dancing at age 12. Emily earned a position on the Young Ambassadors...
40. Tom Budge Tom Budge Actor, Candy
41. Macdonald Carey Macdonald Carey Actor, Shadow of a Doubt American film and television actor MacDonald Carey became famous for his role as Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives. For three decades he was the centered cast member of the show. His film career was from the 1940s-'60s, and he appeared mostly in second-features (aka "B" pictures). He became known in Hollywood as "The King of the B's" (much like Lucille Ball...
42. Valeria Andrews Valeria Andrews Actress, Just Married An accomplished actress, singer, and songwriter, Valeria Andrews first made a name for herself with a featured acting role in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, starring Whoopi Goldberg. Valeria also co-wrote the song "Pay Attention" for the film's soundtrack. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit was an international sensation. In addition to her musical composition for that film...
43. Anna Shaffer Anna Shaffer Actress, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
44. Katherine Brooks Katherine Brooks Director, Loving Annabelle Katherine Brooks ran away from her small town home in Louisiana to pursue a career in television and film when she was just 16 years old; with only 150 dollars to her name, Katherine slept in her car in the parking lot of a Hollywood motel. Now, a decade later and with 15 years of experience in film and television...
45. Joseph W. Sarno Joseph W. Sarno Director, Confessions of a Young American Housewife Joseph W. Sarno is one of the pioneering directors of the sex-exploitation or "sexploitation" film genre. Known for a distinctly economic style and an abiding interest in tense, psycho-sexual character development, Sarno has also come to be recognized as one of the true geniuses to emerge from the sexploitation form...
46. Cara Pifko Cara Pifko Actress, The Possession of Michael King
47. Jimmy Baio Jimmy Baio Actor, The Mirror Has Two Faces
48. John Gregson John Gregson Actor, Pursuit of the Graf Spee A former telephone engineer who dabbled in amateur dramatics, John Gregson served aboard a minesweeper with the Royal Navy during World War II. After demobilisation, he joined the Liverpool Old Vic, making his stage debut in 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle'. Freshly married, he moved to London and...
49. Alan Bean Alan Bean Self, For All Mankind Alan Bean first started out as a Navy Test Pilot, he flew over 5500 hours, and flew 27 different aircrafts. Alan Bean became an astronaut in 1963. But wasn't picked for any missions for sometime. It wasn't until fellow astronaut, Charles Conrad (aka Pete), asked him if he wanted to take part on Apollo 12 after the death of C.C...
50. Jung-Jae Lee Jung-Jae Lee Actor, New World Apart from being a top star in film and TV, Jung-Jae Lee also works as a highly successful fashion model. One year after his debut on television in 1993, Lee was cast in his first film, a feature by Bae Chang-ho. His breakthrough came in late 1998 in the award-winning film An Affair by E-J Yong. This was followed up by another success...
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